Jose Acosta vs. Spec Shea — Career Comparison

Jose Acosta
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Spec Shea
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Spec Shea built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Spec Shea posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.426 compared to 4.51 and 1.561 for Jose Acosta. By the career numbers, Spec Shea had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Acosta and Spec Shea

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
2.32
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.55
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.13
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.53
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.42
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.51
60.51
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.46
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.51
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
27
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2831
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
213.1
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943.2
9
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
11.18
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
849
8.1
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.38
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.87
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
497
4.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
3.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.18
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
39.61
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
38.87
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.18
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.48
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
5.02
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
4.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.426
1.426
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
871
36.75
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3560
33.95
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.87
38.87

Fielding Stats for Jose Acosta and Spec Shea

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
13.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.06
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
27
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127.2
9
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.45
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
8.81
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
12.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
12.27
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.73
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Acosta and Spec Shea

Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
445.95
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
347.18
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
74
600
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
60
486.49
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
530.56
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
9
72.97
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
103.26
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
8
64.86
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
80.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.24
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.12
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.15
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.72
30.18
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
32.81
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
10
81.08
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
137.09
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
162.16
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
138.87
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.63
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
58.75
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
108.61
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.47
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.45
32.86
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
89.19
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
33.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
178.38
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
112.17
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.35
5.35
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.46
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA